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Diamond calls for 80-minute showing

12 May 2024 0 comments

NEWCASTLE boss Steve Diamond told his players and staff “to stop feeling sorry for themselves” after Falcons’ suffered a 20th league defeat on the spin. […]

James at his best as Sale keep in the race

12 May 2024 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Sale ……………………………….31pts Tries: Warr 8, Taylor 13, James 34, O’Flaherty 43 Conversions: Ford 9, 14, 35, 44 Penalties: Ford 57 Leicester …………………….. […]

Time to put an end to marquee players

12 May 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK ARE marquee players, or coaches, worth it, or are they just a Premiership owners’ vanity project? Judging […]

Calling MPs will add to pressure

12 May 2024 0 comments

The decision of Championship clubs to contact their local MPs to ask for Government to mediate in its gridlocked negotiations with the RFU/Premiership, is putting […]

Northampton swoop to sign England U20s fly-half

12 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Northampton have signed England U20s fly-half George Makepeace-Cubitt. Having endured the hardship of London Irish folding, the tyro playmaker showed grit and […]

Tbilisi win was key – Skivington

12 May 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE George Skivington has credited the European Challenge Cup win against Black Lion in Tbilisi as the moment Gloucester turned their season around. […]

Devoto calls it quits at Exeter

12 May 2024 0 comments

EXETER centre Ollie Devoto will leave the club at the end of the season. The 30-yearold has scored 21 tries in 127 appearances during an […]

Power of the four musketeers

12 May 2024 0 comments

A common theme of last weekend’s Champions Cup semi-finals was the influence of the four scrum-halves, the catalysts of teams that look to get the […]

Mine was very much the road less travelled

12 May 2024 0 comments

My Life in Rugby – Mike Ross, the former Ireland, Harlequins and Leinster prop talks about his life in the game I started playing rugby […]

Young Guns: Loughborough prop Eric Nixon

12 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK Venezuelan-born prop Eric Nixon is hoping to follow in the footsteps of a long list of Millfield School rugby captains who have […]

Don’t only blame RFU for lack of confidence

12 May 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME IT WAS interesting to read last week’s comments by Simon Halliday in The Rugby Paper and […]

Llandovery stand firm to take title

12 May 2024 0 comments

By CARL FIELD Llandovery……. 14pts Newport…………… 7pts LLANDOVERY made it back-to-back Welsh Premiership titles after edging out Newport in a pulsating play-off final at Church […]

What’s in The Rugby Paper: 12/05/24

10 May 2024 0 comments

The Premiership returns with every team in the top seven heading into this weekend still having a chance of clinching a home semi-final, find reports from all […]

Chessum out till next season in England and Tigers injury blow

9 May 2024 0 comments

Leicester Tigers lock Ollie Chessum will miss the rest of this domestic season and England‘s summer tour to Japan and New Zealand after shoulder surgery. […]

Ex-England stars May and Ribbans set for BaaBaas bows

9 May 2024 0 comments

The Barbarians have confirmed the inclusion of two more England internationals for the Killik Cup clash against Fiji this summer, with Jonny May and David […]

Care extends Quins stay into 19th season

8 May 2024 0 comments

Harlequins and former England scrum-half Danny Care has signed a new contract to spend a 19th season at the London club. The 37-year-old has accumulated […]

Ford loving dramatic end to the season

8 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL EDDISON George Ford is relishing the ‘do-or-die’ nature of the Gallagher Premiership Rugby run-in as his Sale Sharks side look to seal a […]

Wales will be caught out if Carre steps up

5 May 2024 0 comments

Rhys Carre’s imminent exit from the Arms Park comes at the end of a season when Wales steadfastly ignored him while picking 11 other props […]

Blame RFU for lack of confidence – Halliday

5 May 2024 0 comments

By NICK CAIN The Cornish Pirates statement that the future of professional rugby in Cornwall is in jeopardy – citing RFU prevarication over promotion as […]

Eight-year PGP deal expected next month

5 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES The ground-breaking new agreement between Twickenham and the Premiership clubs is expected to be announced after next month’s play-off final. The eight-year […]

Skivington’s banking on experience next time out

5 May 2024 0 comments

By MARK STEVENS George Skivington expects to see significant improvements within his Gloucester squad next season after a campaign he readily admits has failed to […]

Fit-again Ewels enjoying new life under Johann

5 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES When Charlie Ewels suffered knee ligament damage on England’s 2022 tour to Australia, his club Bath were at rock bottom. They had […]

Brown will miss two matches

5 May 2024 0 comments

LEICESTER full-back Mike Brown has been suspended for two weeks after he swore at match officials following his red card in their 21-19 home defeat […]

Vunipola warned over behaviour

5 May 2024 0 comments

SARACENS have warned England forward Billy Vunipola about his future conduct after he was arrested in Majorca on Sunday but will take no further action […]

I’d love to coach at top level, says Biljon

5 May 2024 0 comments

By JON NEWCOMBE It is one of rugby’s cruel ironies that Harvey Biljon, who has transformed the careers of so many players, is still waiting […]

Quins have to climb very steep mountain

5 May 2024 0 comments

JEREMY GUSCOTT OUTSPOKEN AND UNMISSABLE… EVERY WEEK WHEN Harlequins face Toulouse this afternoon in their first European Cup semi-final in south-west France, it will be […]

Leinster made to fight all the way

5 May 2024 0 comments

By BRENDAN GALLAGHER Leinster…………………………20pts Tries: Lowe 10, 15, 43 Conversion: Byrne 11 Penalty: Byrne 29 Northampton Saints…… 17pts Tries: Hendy 58, Seabrook 73 Conversions: Smith […]

It’ll be tough for us but we’ll meet fire with fire, says Care

5 May 2024 0 comments

By PAUL REES PREVIEW… Toulouse vs Harlequins Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stadium de Toulouse WHEN Harlequins went to Bordeaux last month they vowed to swing the […]

Hotshot Hastings has the final say

5 May 2024 0 comments

By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ………………….. 40pts Tries: Hathaway 6, Blake 29, Hastings 58, Clarke 61, Thorley 78 Conversions: Hastings 29, 58, 61 Penalties: Hastings 19, […]

Coach is happy to chase a second trophy

5 May 2024 0 comments

Gloucester head coach George Skivington confirmed that his side had targeted the cup competitions after victory against Benetton took them to a second final of […]

Camborne defeat a concern

5 May 2024 0 comments

LAST weekend’s 109 points to nil win by Dings over Camborne in National Two West should have set alarm bells ringing at Twickenham. Cornwall is […]

Harsh reality is that PRL costs must be cut

5 May 2024 0 comments

CAN we afford a PGP? The short answer, unfortunately, has to be a “yes” since, with the Premiership clubs controlling the contracts of all top […]

Ten selfish Premiership clubs

5 May 2024 0 comments

I FEEL sorry for Newcastle Falcons for not being relegated, which would be good for their future, but more sorry for Ealing Trailfindersbeing banned from […]

Roebuck out to impress England

5 May 2024 0 comments

By LUKE JARMYN Sale’s Tom Roebuck is a man on a mission as he looks to use the final weeks of the Premiership season to […]

RFU’s still killing the dreams of investors

5 May 2024 0 comments

NICK CAIN READ HIS EXPERT OPINION EVERY WEEK The RFU’s indecision is final. It does not know what to do about promotion-relegation – or, if […]

Without referees, there is no game

5 May 2024 0 comments

Paul Rees looks at the pressures on the men and women in the middle and asks what can be done to help them Who would […]

Louis has sights set on Kansas gold rush

5 May 2024 0 comments

PETER JACKSON THE MAN TRULY IN THE KNOW The latest phase of his footballing reincarnation took Louis Rees-Zammit to a school run by an American […]

We had belief in our ability

5 May 2024 0 comments

Mark Stevens talks to Exeter Chiefs legend Gareth Steenson as he embarks on a new chapter away from Sandy Park IN THE heart of Exeter, […]

With selection, you can’t keep every player happy

5 May 2024 0 comments

Steve Hill puts the questions to Chris Wilkins, below, the head coach at Esher, champions of National Two East Why did you get into coaching […]

Delighted to see Titans stand tall

5 May 2024 0 comments

RUGBY MATTERS A weekly look at the game’s other talking points BRENDAN GALLAGHER There are some teams you grow particularly attached to over the decades […]

University pathway to top of the game

5 May 2024 0 comments

By WILLIAM GUPWELL Being named in an England Students squad is among the highest honours that can be bestowed upon a university rugby student in […]

The ringfence which is encouraging open play

5 May 2024 0 comments

JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME THERE have been a few articles written about how the Premiership has started to play a […]

Worboys: I’m aiming to be first-choice 10 at Ealing

5 May 2024 0 comments

By BEN JAYCOCK George Worboys endured ‘the most testing five years of his life’ at Bath but is looking forward to linking up with his […]

Top two set up a final showdown

5 May 2024 0 comments

Premiership round-up By ROB COLE THE top two teams in the regular Premiership season will face off in the final on Saturday at Church Bank […]

EPCR Challenge Cup semi-final preview

3 May 2024 0 comments

For the second year in a row each of the four Challenge Cup semi-finalists come from a different country, but it’s a side representing a […]

Itoje avoids ban for Barbeary tackle

1 May 2024 0 comments

Saracens second row Maro Itoje has avoided a ban for the last two games of the regular season of the Premiership for his tackle on […]

Series 3, Episode 36: Ruan Ackermann on Prem weekend, residency rules and EPCR semis

30 April 2024 0 comments

Following a pivotal weekend of Gallagher Premiership action – not without its controversies – Ollie Little, Brendan Gallagher and Nick Cain are joined by Gloucester […]

Baxter: “We are overachieving” this season

29 April 2024 0 comments

Rob Baxter praised his young side’s competitive edge and their ability to learn from mistakes after their comfortable victory against Gloucester. “We probably are overachieving […]

Chiefs boost top-four hopes with five-try win at Kingsholm

28 April 2024 0 comments

By TOM JEFFREYS Gloucester…………………………………………..17 Tries: May 29, Clement 40, Clark 50 Conversions: Atkinson 52 Exeter Chiefs……………………………………….38 Tries: Vermeulen 14, 60; John 18, Woodburn 36, Feyi-Waboso […]